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Debre says Algeria will be partitioned if majority of Algerians vote for independence in planned referendum, radio s, Algiers; says those who wish could retain French citizenship; inaugurates Sup Council for Soc Promotion, Algiers
Verwoerd gains; Chancellor Adenauer message
rules India acted within rights in '54 by barring Portuguese delegation from 2 enclaves when Indian crowds seized control
PORS AND ILLUS
Labor Dept links Mar employment drop and unemployment rise to unusually bad weather
1960Rudi Völler, German footballer and manager[†]
Rudolf "Rudi" Völler is a German professional football manager and former player, who is currently the director of the Germany national team. In Germany, he is nicknamed "Tante Käthe", a name bestowed upon him by Thomas Berthold, and in Italy, he is nicknamed "Il tedesco volante" by supporters of Roma.
1960The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.[†]
The Transit system, also known as NAVSAT or NNSS, was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The radio navigation system was primarily used by the U.S. Navy to provide accurate location information to its Polaris ballistic missile submarines, and it was also used as a navigation system by the Navy's surface ships, as well as for hydrographic survey and geodetic surveying. Transit provided continuous navigation satellite service from 1964, initially for Polaris submarines and later for civilian use as well. In the Project DAMP Program, the missile tracking ship USAS American Mariner also used data from the satellite for precise ship's location information prior to positioning its tracking radars.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]